User Guide

52 Chapter 4, Preparing Assets
Pixel_Area The size of the background area for the subtitle image. For NTSC, set to (2 479).
For PAL, set to (2 574).
Display_Area The location of the subtitle image within the background area. For NTSC, set
to (0 2 719 479). For PAL, set to (0 2 719 574).
Color Color codes for the four colors available for subtitle images. The numbers range from
1–16 and reference the color number in the current color palette (SEE “Subpicture Color
Palettes” on page 151).
Contrast Degree of transparency of the subtitle colors. The range is 0–15, where 0 is
transparent and 15 is opaque.
BG, PA, E1, E2 RGB Color values for Background, Pattern, Emphasis 1 and Emphasis 2 colors.
Directory The path to the subtitle image files. If the directory path is changed after the
subtitle script file is created (if the subtitle folder is moved to a new location), Scenarist will
not be able to locate the subtitle folder. In that case, you will need to edit the directory path
in the subtitle script file to set the correct path.
Separator The separator line separates the settings from the list of subtitles. You must use at
least two # signs in this line.
Subtitle List The actual list of subtitles that Scenarist imports into the subpicture stream.
START and END times should not overlap, and subtitles should not cross chapter breaks in a
video track.
SP_NUMBER The number of the subtitle in the subtitle stream.
START The start time of the subtitle.
00:01:05:00 = hour:minute:second:frame
END The end time of the subtitle.
00:01:07:05 = hour:minute:second:frame
FILE_NAME The name of the subtitle image.